§43A-702. Drop-in centers for Oklahoma veterans.
A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall facilitate the development of seven peer-supported, drop-in centers for the specific purpose of serving Oklahoma veterans. The Department shall issue a request for proposal for operation of the centers. Nonprofit organizations based in this state may apply for […]
§43A-11-109. Revocation – Actual notice.
A. An advance directive for mental health treatment may be revoked in whole or in part by the declarant at any time while the declarant is capable by any of the following methods: 1. By being destroyed by the declarant or by some person in the declarant’s presence and at the declarant’s direction; 2. By […]
§43A-11-110. Informed consent – Examination and certification of incapacity – Conflicting instructions – Transfer when unable to comply with directive.
A. The attending physician or psychologist shall continue to obtain the declarant’s informed consent to all mental health treatment decisions when the declarant is capable of providing informed consent or refusal. B. A declarant appearing to require mental health treatment shall be examined by two persons, who shall be physicians or psychologists. If after the […]
§43A-11-111. Petition for appointment of guardian.
Any person may petition the district court for appointment of a guardian for a declarant when the person has good reason to believe that the provision of mental health treatment in a particular case: 1. Is contrary to the most recent expressed wishes of a declarant who was capable at the time of expressing the […]
§43A-11-112. Immunity from civil or criminal liability.
A. In the absence of knowledge of the revocation of an advance directive for mental health treatment, a person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for carrying out the advance directive for mental health treatment pursuant to the requirements of the Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act. […]
§43A-11-113. Violations – Penalties.
A. Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, alters, or obliterates the advance directive for mental health treatment of another without the declarant’s consent, or who falsifies or forges a revocation of an advance directive of another, shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor. B. A person who in any way falsifies or forges […]
§43A-12-101. Short title.
Sections 12-101 through 12-105 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “Suicide Prevention Act”. Added by Laws 2001, c. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 113, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
§43A-12-102. Purpose.
The purpose of the Suicide Prevention Act is to facilitate the translation of suicide-related data into comprehensive public policy that is directed toward reducing the number of attempted suicides and suicides in Oklahoma by: 1. Improving methods of identifying minors and adults who are at risk of dying by suicide; 2. Improving awareness of and […]
§43A-12-103. Definitions.
As used in the Suicide Prevention Act: 1. “Attempted suicide” means the voluntary and intentional injury to one’s own body with the goal of ending one’s own life; and 2. “Suicide” means the voluntary and intentional taking of one’s own life. Added by Laws 2001, c. 168, § 3, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001. Amended […]
§43A-11-101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act”. Added by Laws 1995, c. 251, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.